Articles by Robert Dutt

About Robert Dutt
Robert Dutt is the founder and head blogger at ChannelBuzz.ca. He has been covering the Canadian solution provider channel community for a variety of publications and Web sites since 1997.
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Tony Ciciretto
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Cogeco’s Quiettouch buy a managed services play

August 4, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Cogeco’s Quiettouch buy a managed services play
Carrier adds outsourced technology opportunities with MSP purchase

Microsoft channel chief Jon Roskill
Cloud

QuickVid: Microsoft’s changing cloud conversation

August 4, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on QuickVid: Microsoft’s changing cloud conversation
Channel chief Jon Roskill with advice on partners concerned about now owning the billing relationship

Greg Myers
Distribution

Tech Data introduced as Microsoft’s exclusive virtualization VAD

August 3, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tech Data introduced as Microsoft’s exclusive virtualization VAD
Distributor to identify 100 Canadian partners to grow Microsoft’s virtualization business

Eric Diehl Tripp Lite
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Tripp Lite looks to foster cross-selling with new promotion

August 3, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Tripp Lite looks to foster cross-selling with new promotion
Vendor says new rewards program will get resellers selling new products lines, which also carry good margins

Dan Allaby
Cloud

Avnet adds end-user consulting, assessments to CloudReady

July 27, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Avnet adds end-user consulting, assessments to CloudReady
Distributor rounds out cloud services with customer-facing offerings

Rochelle Coleman
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QuickVid: Leaving behind XP and Vista

July 27, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on QuickVid: Leaving behind XP and Vista
Microsoft Canada’s Rochelle Coleman offers partners motivation, strategies and tactics to help customers ditch aging operating systems

James Beer
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QuickVid: Virtualization at Bell Canada

July 18, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on QuickVid: Virtualization at Bell Canada
Bell Canada’s James Beer on the telco’s virtualization strategy and challenges past, present and future

Toronto Skyline
Channel Communities

WPC 2012: Destination Toronto

July 14, 2011 Robert Dutt 1
How Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome was responsible for the unification of Microsoft’s annual partner events

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Liveblogs

Liveblog: Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference – Day Three

July 13, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Liveblog: Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference – Day Three
LOS ANGELES — After a wild night for partners at last night’s Canadian Party (and After Party) here, WPC continues, wrapping up the main-tent activities Wednesday morning with keynotes from channel chief Jon Roskill, top exec
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Liveblog: Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Day 2

July 12, 2011 Robert Dutt Comments Off on Liveblog: Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Day 2
LOS ANGELES — Microsoft‘s 2011 edition of its Worldwide Partner Conference gets underway Tuesday morning with keynotes from some of the heads of Microsoft’s business units. After getting the grand vision from the top with